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Show A New Metal. Some remarkable qualities are claimed for steelite, a new metal which is composed of 73 per cent, of cobalt and the remainder of c'hjo-mium. c'hjo-mium. It may be cast and ground to a fine edge, is impervious to rust and the action of acids and highly flexible. As a lathe tool it will cut steel at the rate of 200 feet a minute, a speed at which steel would ordinarily burn. Certain modifications of this alloy will cut glass and even quartz crystals. Steelite is said to be particularly suitable suit-able for watch fittings. |